38 Friday, May 30, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Palestine Historically Defined
Palestine is one of the
names of the territory
known as the Land of Israel
or the Holy Land, according
to the Encyclopaedia Ju-
daica. The name "Palestine"
was originally an adjective
derived from Hebrew "pe-
leshet." It is first mentioned
by Herodotus as "the Philis-
tine Syria."
Subsequently, the name
was shortened and the ad-
jective "Palestine" became a
proper noun. Philo identi-
fies "Palaistinei" with bibli-
cal Canaan. The name was
revived by the Roman em-
peror Hadrian who applied
it to the whole country in or-
der to eradicate the name
Judea.
In talmudic literature
Palestine is used as the
name of a Roman province,
adjoining the provinces of
Phoenicia and Arabia. From
the 4th Century, however,
the three provinces into
which the land of Israel was
divided were referred to as
the "first," "second," and
"third Palestine" respec-
tively.
The Arabs used the term
"Filastin" for the "first Pa-
lestine" only, differentiat-
ing between it and
"Urdunn" (Jordan). These
designations soon fell into
disuse, however, as the Ar-
abs generally referred to
provinces by the names of
their capital cities.
The crusaders renewed
the use of the "three Pa-
lestines," the borders of
which, differed however
from those of the Roman
provinces. After the fall of
the crusader kingdom,
Palestine was no longer an
official designation, the
Judaica states, but it was
still used in non-Jewish
languages as the name of
the "Holy Land" on both
sides of the Jordan. It was
not an administrative unit
under the Ottoman Em-
pire, when it was part of
the province of Syria.
This was the situation un-
til 1922, when the British,
who had received the man-
date over Palestine on both
sides of the Jordan from the
League of Nations, practi-
cally restricted the applica-
tion•of the name of the part
west of the Jordan. East of
the Jordan and south of the
Yarmuk they established
the emirate of Transjordan.
In 1946 this became a king-
dom.
In 1948 the state of Israel
was established in a part of
western Palestine, its terri-
tory demarcated in the Ar-
mistice agreements of 1949
with the neighboring Arab
countries. Transjordan an-
nexed the Arab-inhabited
part of western Palestine
occupied by the Jordanian
army and changed its own
name to the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan, and
Egypt retained and admin-
istered the Gaza Strip.
Thus, the Encyclopaedia
Judaica reports, Palestine
as a political entity ceased
to exist.
Dropsie U. Plans
63rd Graduation
PHILADELPHIA • —
Three students from Israel
and one from Japan will be
among the seven doctoral
candidates to receive
PhD degrees at the 63rd
annual commencement ex-
ercises at the Dropsie Uni-
versity.
Honorary degrees were
awarded to Dr. Julius Mark,
rabbi emeritus at Temple
Emanu-El in New York City
and to Dr. Milton R. Kon-
vitz,• professor at Cornell
University Law School.
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Dance Element of Hasidism
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The dance is an important
element of Hasidism, ac-
cording to the Encyclopae-
dia Judaica.
In the communal and reli-
gious life of the Jewish peo-
ple, says the authorative
encyclopedia, dance was al-
ways regarded as an expres-
sion of joy and religious ec-
stasy.
Bible literature abounds
in references to dance and
in descriptions of dance
festivities, showing how
deeply rooted was dance in
the ancient culture of the
Jewish people.
With the rise of Hasidism
in Eastern Europe in the
18th Century, dance as-
sumed great importance for
the Jewish masses. Israel
ben Eliezer Baal Shem Tov,
the founder of Hasidism,
used dance to attain reli-
gious enthusiasm and com-
munion with God, the Ency-
clopaedia Judaica states. He
taught his followers that
"the dances of the Jew be-
fore his Creator are pray-
ers."
Hasidic dance assumed
the form of the circle, sym-
bolic of the Hasidic philoso-
phy that "every one is equal,
each one being a link in the
chain, the circle having no
front or rear, no beginning
or ending."
The Hasidim would start
their dancing in slow tempo,
and as the music became
faster they held arms up-
ward and leapt in the air in
an effort to reach spiritual
ecstasy. The accompanying
melodies were composed to
brief texts from either the
Bible or the Talmud.
Nahman of Bratzlav,
great-grandson of the
Baal Shem Tov, believed
that to dance in prayer
was a sacred command,
and he composed a prayer
which he recited before
dancing. He and other
Hasidic rabbis, states the
encyclopedia, called for
dancing on all festive oc-
casions and even on the
solemn days of the Ninth
of Av, Rosh Hashana and
the Day of Atonement.
and clapped hands in a cir-
cle around him.
Hasidic dancing has influ-
enced the celebrations at
Jewish festivals generally,
and has served as the basis
and inspiration of choreog-
raphy on Jewish themes in
ballet.
During the celebrations
on Simhat Torah, the usual
processions with the scrolls
reached a climax in the rab-
bi's own dance. Wrapped in
a prayer shawl, with a scroll
held high in his hands, the
rabbi danced with spiritual
ecstasy as the Hasidim sang
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USSR to Promise
Israel's Security?
WASHINGTON (ZINS)
— Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko's public
statement that his govern-
ment is ready to guarantee
Israel's security made a
deep impression in local
political circles. Especially
noteworthy is the fact that
Gromyko received his in-
structions to make this dec-
laration at a festive recep-
tion for the foreign
ministers of Egypt and
Syria.
The Kremlin leadership is
,confirming that despite all
difficulties Israel is still in a
strong position and cannot
be counted out of the Middle
East either through threats
or acts of war.,
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The
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Orchestra
and
Vickie Carroll
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